Study indicates vitamin D deficiency can lead to dementia New research suggests low levels of vitamin D are associated with lower brain volumes, and an increased risk of dementia and potentially stroke.
Australian death rate in 2020 lowest on record: AIHW All-cause mortality rates declined by 7.7% from 2019, but there was one PHN where 67% of deaths were still considered ‘premature’.
Most eligible patients ‘have not had recent heart checks’ The reported results of a Heart Foundation survey suggest many at-risk patients have not been screened within the past two years.
Socioeconomic status linked to dementia risk: Study Dementia and its risk factors do not affect all communities equally, write Associate Professor Yen Ying Lim and Dr Emily Rosenich.
Diabetes risk could be 28% higher after COVID infection A study has noted increased type 2 diabetes incidence in people recovering from COVID, signalling the need for ongoing monitoring.
High burden of skin cancer continues to rise Around two in three Australians will develop skin cancers in their lifetime − and that rate is steadily increasing according to fresh research.
Controversial Alzheimer’s drug under TGA review ‘should not be approved’ Patients will be put at risk and taxpayers will face a significant economic burden if aducanumab receives regulatory approval, experts say.
Study links mental disorders early in life to dementia Mental health disorders are often an underappreciated category of modifiable risk factors for dementia, new research suggests.
Subsidised scan seeks to ensure more accurate Alzheimer’s diagnosis Positron emission tomography scans have been added to the MBS, but GP Professor Dimity Pond says further guidance is needed.
Nearly half of Australia’s suicides potentially avoidable More than 145,000 years of healthy life was lost in Australia in 2019 due to suicide and self-harm, but four key factors could reduce that figure.